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The Dixmont Hospital For The Insane; Annual Report Of The Managers For 1915

The Dixmont Hospital For The Insane; Annual Report Of The Managers For 1915

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Medical ReferencePublic HealthGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 9354486207
ISBN13: 9789354486203
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.17 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Behind the stone walls of Dixmont Hospital, patients, doctors and managers struggled to define sanity in an age of rapid change. Here, the walls finally speak. The Dixmont Hospital for the Insane; Annual Report of the Managers for 1915 is an official psychiatric hospital annual report offering a rare window onto everyday realities of institutional care. This dixmont hospital 1915 report traces routines, regulations and dilemmas of insane asylum administration at a pivotal moment in early 20th century psychiatry, when medical, legal and social ideas of mental illness were being renegotiated. As a carefully reproduced piece of institutional mental health records, it serves as a primary source edition for anyone exploring the history of psychiatry and the broader mental health treatment history of the United States. Statistics, managerial statements and official reports together form a rich medical history research resource, illuminating pennsylvania mental hospital history, charitable governance and shifting attitudes to responsibility, cure and custody. Whether approached as a stand-alone insane asylum document collection or as a primary source for historians, students, family researchers or writers, this volume rewards close reading and invites reflection on how far, and how little, mental health care has changed. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for curious readers, researchers and classic-literature collectors alike.

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